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HCG 160 but no pregnancy detected on vaginal sonogram !!!!!

Mayra882011 wrote:

I am 14 to 15 DPO and just left the emergency room since I've been lightly spotting brown discharge since Friday and my HPTs were coming out positive but I kept hoping for the lines to be blazing positive jaja to believe it well they did a beta hcg and the ER doc comes to tell me, "Ur having a very early miscarriage," WTH I looked at him and said "I have already had 2 early miscarriages, " I then asked him what my levels were and he said 160. I was expecting to hear maybe 15 or something but the level he gave me seems normal for barely being 1 day or being the day of my missed period. Anyways the nurse was much more sensitive and told me that although the sonogram didn't detect anything its too early and that my levels suggest there is something there but to follow up with OB which will do on Fri. However, he said its a threatened abortion due to spotting and complete bed rest until OB says otherwise. Have any of you ladies experienced a threatened abortion any suggestions to ease my mind, I can't bear to loose one more baby I'm barely 23 going on 24 but I want a family so very much Pray Pray Pray please :)

Oh my... I really don't want to scare you, but please ask your dr about a possible ectopic if they do not see the yolk sac on the net ultrasound. That's what happened to me, they thought i was having a threatened miscarriage and the ectopic was missed until my tube ruptured. I was hesitant to tell you this, because hopefully it doesn't apply to you and I don't want to worry you, but I would hate for it to be missed like mine was.

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Bluerinem

Brown discharge with normal light menstrual cramping is for a lot of woman completely normal. It is the uterus shedding old blood from IB etc. I had it through my 4-5 weeks and then stopped. I am now 14 wks and all is well :) I also work as an L & D nurse. Er docs have to write a diagnosis of threatened miscarriage if an ultrasound is inconclusive. Dont lose hope yet! See your regular OB for further in depth testing. Stay positive, rest, and drink lots of fluids and keep monitoring your symptoms. Good luck! Sending prayers your way!

That isn't enough HCG to see anything even on a sonogram. I was told by a dr that your HCG has to be over 1500 to see anything at all.

I hope that helps a little.

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Mayra882011

Thank you all so much for your support I appreciate it the experiences and info....I am going to my OB on friday for a follow up so hopefully my levels rise as they should. I was terrified of an ectopic and thats why I went in due to the extremely light discharge but still I know spotting like that is also a warning for ectopic so I ran to the ER but its true HCG has to be in the 1000s in order to detect anything even transvaginally....Thanks you all so much u made me feel a lot at ease

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ChrissyG11

I am so sorry for your stress, i also dont want to scare you but i just went through this type of thing. My preg tests were never dark like they were my last two pregnancies, I was very cautious about this but was told that some tests never go darker. I had a feeling in my gut that just told me though. Anyways, a week after my 1st positive test i started having pain on one side, then bleeding started. I went to hospital they checked me levels it was also at 160. Ultrasound was inconclusive sobthey wanted me to take a blood test every few days and see how it went, levels were going up but not as fast as they should have. I ended up back at hospital 2 weeks later with extreme pain and 3 ultrasounds later they saw swelling in both tubes, one from a small blood clot and one from what they assume to be the fetus. They couldnt say for sure but my levels were dropping by then so it was ruled a pregnancy of unknown location. Please stay in tuned to your body an dkeep on top of it, dont let it go push the dr's. Make them keep checking. I know its so hard, we had been trying 15 months when i finally got that line and it was hard for me to keep a clear head and go with my gut as much as it sucked. But i look at it this way, at least my tube was saved and i have a better chance next time. I hope this is not the case for you darlin,please keep us posted. Fx'd for you.

I was 12 dpo yesterday with hcg of 76 and my fertility doctor was very pleased with this. If I double then I'll be 152 at 14dpo.... So your numbers seem great!!! And spotting is common around your first period from hormon shifta and whatever. I would keep your head up, this seems positive!:) btw pregnancy tests on average read 25hcg (frer, dollerstore) and if they are faint with 160 they are just not going to be blaring for a while;) this is my 5th pregnancy trying far baby #1 so I get how scared you are but just follow up with your ob and take it one day at a time.

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BarbaraLane23

I really think since your HCG levels are so low that it is really early and that even doing a vaginalsono nothing would show yet. I am 23 going on 24, July 24th I will be 24 and I too want to get my family started... I was 6weeks when i MC in march and I had light brown spotting that started very early in the morning and then around 1 I started having major cramps and i went to the hospital and when the ER Doctor came in the room he looked at me and said that you can't be having a MC because you are only 6weeks.. He was very insensitve to me and I told him that I think I am even though i don't want to be having a MC with my First pregnancy i think i am.. When they did the Vaginalsono all they could see was the sack and nothing else.. So he ruled it as a incomplete Miscarriage and to check back with my Ob-Gyn in 2 days and for me to stay on bedrest until she said otherwise... I had gone to my Ob-Gyn that morning when all of the spotting had started and my HCG level was 2,235 and then at the hosptial about 4 hours later they where 989.. Then when I went in 2 days later to see my doc she said my HCG was only 80... The sono showed everything had passed on its own... I hope everything is ok and I will be praying for you but I do think its too early for anything to be seen yet. GL and keep us udated when you find out more!

Im sorry for the late reply ladies Ive been trying to catch up on school work since Im attending classes at the university this summer, although, its extremely hard to stay focused when all I could think of is if my little bean is alright. Anyways thanks Chrissy for letting me know about your experience and im sorry for ur loss I went to the ER to rule out ectopic however nothing was seen so I have to wait to see what my OB says...Barbara Lane Im also truly sorry you had to go through that and have the ER doc be so insensitive a loss at any time frame is a loss no matter what and it hurts so much believe me when the ER doc gave me negative news rather than the positive which I believe he could of given me positive like you MIGHT miscarry not your miscarrying at the moment it truly scared me so much but in my heart I know I have my bean growing so we will see, I hope you all ladies get your BFPs really really soon and tons of STICKY baby dust. Congrats the Violet on ur BFP fingers crossed our HCG doubles I take that back triples ;)

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